Railway-tie.



J. F.'HUG HES. I I 1 RAILWAY TIE.-

-APPEIOATION FILED JULY 20;1912.

, *P atented Mar. 11,1913.

JAMES ,1. means, oimnwnune, mssouar.

. nAILwAiz-auni Specification o! Letters r atent. Application filed July20, 1912. Seriilflo. 710,642

Patented To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES F. HUGHES, a citizen of the United States, andaresident of the city of Newburg, in' the county of Phelps and State ofMissouri,=have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railway- Ties,of which the following is a specification. i e a This invention relatesto railway-ties and more particularly metallic ties.

It has for its principal objects to produce a railway-tie which issimple in construction and easily handled, to obviate the necessity forusing separable fastening devices for the rails, and to attain certainadvantages which will hereinafter more fully appear.

The invention consists in the parts-and in the arrangements andcombinationsof parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing which forms part of this specification andwherein like symbols refer to like parts Wherever they occur,Figure 1 isa side elevation of a railway-tie embodying the invention, showing therails in cross section; Fig. 2 is a top plan view; Fig. 3 is aperspective view of one of the base members; Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview of the sec uring gnember; and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspectiveview of the middle portionof the securing member; inverted to show therecesses which gene-v6 the lugs on the base members.

, As shown an the drawing, ,the tie comprises two separable base members1 having seat portions 2 for the rails, said seat portions havingoverhanging lugs or lips 3 in cooperative relation thereto, so astoengage the base flanges of the rails. The meeting inner end portionsof the base-members 1 are provided with spaced upstanding lugs 4; andbetween these lu s 4 and the scat portions 2, the-base members arepreferably inclined, as at 5.

1 securing member 6 is provided at its middle with recesses or gains 7on opposite I sides adapted to receive the upstanding lugs 4 of-the basemem'bers,-the portion 7 between the rccesses 7 fitting in the spacesbetween the lugs 4 andserving as a cross key to prevent iudependentlateral movement of the base members 1 and securing member 6. The bottomface of said member 6 is inc ined, as at 8, to correspond to theinclined portions 5 of the base members. The end portions of thememberfi are rabbeted to i-tions provide ledges or lugs 9 adapted toover hang and engage the base flanges of the rai s.

The base members 1 6 are provided with vertical holes 10 through whichsecuring bolts 11 are inserted, said Mar.1i,1913.

and securing member bolts being inserted upward through the' basemembers 1, which atter have counterilliltis 10 adapted to receive theheads of the The relative depth of the recesses 7 in the member 6 withrespect to the lugs 4 of the base members 1 and also the relative tlonof the lugs or ledges 9 of the mom with respect to the seat'portions2'of the base members are such that there is a sli ht space between theinclined surfaces 5 an 8 so-that, when the nuts 12 are tightened on thebolts 11, the lugs of the base members are drawn tight into the recessesor gains 7 and the lugs or ledges Qs er 6 c 4 at the meeting ends i 9are clamped tight upon the base flanges of the rails. v

- A tie conntructed asl' herein set forth is easy 0 app y, especlal inre a-irin the track, in which case it might be only ecessary to removeand replace a tie at inter yals. That is, after the securing member 6 1sremoved the base members may be easily moved 'e'ndwise outward inopposite direc; and replaced with new ones; whereas, 1f the tic basewere made'in one piece, the rails would have to be sprung from under thelugs? or else the lugs would have to be made detachable, and even thenthe removal of theitie'would beditticult, owing to the limited space oneither side of the track, especially in cutsh While the tie may beconstructed advantageously of metal, T'do not Wish to be limited to anyparticular material cific construction and arrangement shown, as thestructure admits of" considerable modification without departing fromthe invention.

What I claim is: 1; A railway-tie comprising two separable base memberswhose inner ends abut, said' gether.

portion of the securing member being arranged and adapt-v nor to thespeion 2. A ranway-tie comprising two separable base members whosemeetin ends abut and are provided with upstanding projections,

said base members having rail seats, and a 5 securing member havmg arecess atits middle adapted to receive the upstanding projections onsaid base members and hav mg its end portions arranged to clamp therails upon said rail seats, and means for 1 fastening said base membersand securing member together.

3. A railway-tie comprising two separable base members Whose meetingends abut and are provided with upstanding lugs, said base membershaving rail seats, a securing 3 ed to engage the base flanges o f therails, and bolts for securing said base members and "Se curing membertogether and for (damping the rails. e

4. A railway-tiecomprisingtii o separable base members 'having rail"seats provided "with overhanging lugs adapted to engage the outerbaseflfiange's of the rails the inner ends of said base members abutting(and having upstanding lugs terminating in a plane below the rail seats,and a securing member having a recess at its middle adapted to receivesaid upstanding lugs on the base members and having overhanging ledgesat its ends adapted to engage the inner base flanges of. the rails, andmeans for securing said base members and said securing member togetherand for clamping the rails to the seats.

A railway-tie comprising two separable base members having rail seatsprovided with overhanging lugs adapted to engage the outer base flangesof the rails, the inner ends of said base members abutting and havingrmstanding lugs terminating in a plane below the rail seats, theportions of the base members between said lugs and rail seats beinginclined, a securing member having a recess at its middle adapted toreceive said lugs and having its end portions arranged to engage tl einnerflbase flanges of the rails, the

liuttomi oii said securing member being in 'elined to correspoiidto theinclined portions ofLthe base flanges, and means for securing said basemembers and said securing member together and for clamping the rails tothe seats.

Signed at Newburg, Missouri, this 13th day of July, 1912. r l

r JAMES F. HUGHES. Witnesses:

FRED BAI EY,

' J. H. Fiirntiimn.

